Thursday, May 24, 2012

Simple & Elegant

Simple, Beautiful & Elegant

Alisan Porter married her long time friend Brian Autenrieth. 
The bride looked beautiful, simple, and elegant. Poter wore a vintage- inspired lace wedding dress by R. Mine. 
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg married his long time love Priscilla Chanin a backyard ceremony on Saturday afternoon at his Palo Alto home.

The wedding was a surprise to guests who thought they were celebrating Chan’s graduation from UCSF Medical School.

Chan wore Claire Pettibone’s “Sky Between the Branches” wedding gown, an ivory laser-cut floral dress adorned with matte sequins lined in silk. Beautiful and simple.


How beautiful is the back of this dressed along with the beautiful Tiffany diamond necklace draped down Jessica's back. 


From your event Specialist,
Elegant Creations

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Destination Wedding Planning


Planning your destination wedding! We are experienced destination wedding planners, and we have put together a quick list on tips in planning your away wedding. We hope that all you bride-to-be find these tips useful.


First thing, research your location, resorts, all-inclusive resorts, flights, cost, hotels and everything. Just as you planning a wedding in your area, there are some pre-planning steps for your away wedding. The most effective way to start is by visiting a travel agency that specializes in destination weddings, they will help answer many questions.

Once you have chosen your destination, take some time to research the culture of where you are getting married, the language, your surroundings, hospital research it all.. 

Weather is a must, not everyone shares the same weather during the same time of year therefore; research temperature, tornado, hurricane season.

Wedding Laws, are different every where specially out of the country. You will need to know what paperwork you need such as, blood work, immunization, marriage license, residency requirements, and  witnesses.  Please note* different countries need different requirements!

Basic but important tip is to be organized, planning a wedding is basically managing a thousand details. Planning a destination wedding doubles the number, so make sure you are set to tackle your plan of action. 

How to maintain everything organized:

  • By maintaining file folders
  • Keep receipts, record all payments
  • Set calendars and stick to them
  • Archive e-mails, pictures etc..
We are very loyal to inspirational boards, create your very own board, normally we do this with our clients and they love it. 





If you are unsure about planning your destination wedding, hire a wedding specialist. We are more knowledgeable in what you need.  

Most important is to be happy. Your wedding day, no matter where you celebrate it, overflows with equal  parts emotions and stress. But if you remain focused. It's just about you and your commitment to your future partner.  And that's all that really matters in the long run.

We hope you found some helpful ideas.

From your event specialist,
Elegant Creations